«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

The music Mr. Beato is talking about is far from the art of old that touches the soul and challenges our thoughts. If you have access the AI, the program will write a tune according to the algorithms that maximize clicks. In this world, poetry, musicality and originality are irrelevant. The hard work of creating in hopes of engaging others and redefining how we see things has been replaced with mindless use of computer technology in the pursuit of clicks and likes. You don't need to be well read or articulate or spend years honing your musical talents, just use the software and connect to right platforms. It doesn't matter if you can carry a tune, the software will fix all that. This reminds me of the 2006 film Idiocracy where two average people are frozen for 500 years and when they wake up, they are the smartest people on the planet. What so many now find valuable can be a real head scratcher. I hope this is all a fad and the value of artistic skill and vision will prevail. Maybe I'm just getting older and having a harder time relating?
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Wow, so do I agree, but it’s not just 5he songs, one also needs to take into account the actual recording, which is very important to the end user, which in turn effects you as well!

Shocking how stupid and narrow minded people get as they age.  But hey, be happy in your rut.  

I only listen to contemporay music at the gym.  I don't know the last time I heard a voice that wasn't electronicly modified.  It is hardly music at all.

The only reason anyone would say today's song lyrics are bad is because they are not aware of all the great music being currently created. 

+1 @noromance 

@noromance + 1; what an absurd generalization. not a Rick Beato fan here; his opinion is worth no more than anybody else's. 

I like Beato but he's living in a bubble. There are excellent lyrics being written today. He focuses strictly on the most commercial,  corporate music because, apparently, he has no interest in learning about what else is available. As a fellow baby-boomer, I find his seemingly willful ignorance embarrassing and frustrating. 

+1 @stuartk 

The song that he plays at the start - not a genre I listen to. But I think not all music made today have such lyrics. Some are really good songs. The problem with today's music (any genre or language or culture, etc), is that it does not have the "staying power". There are some songs that my teenagers (and before their preteen years) had made me listen. Some I liked, some I did not care. But these songs are something I can go back and play and feel like grooving to it.

So yes, there are a lot of junk songs being created today, but there are some real great music being created today. Just have an open mind and a youthful attitude; age does not matter.

@milpai

Many of the best young players and songwriters today are to be found in the genre known as Americana. Beato completely ignores this genre. 

In another genre, altogether, are the Black Pumas, who describe themselves as Psychedelic Soul. This live show is killer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOKfK8y4_MQ

Why Beato wastes time castigating mass market corporate musical junk food instead of focusing on all the good stuff is beyond me.

Maybe it’s what his Patreon fans want ?

Disclosure: I watch him mostly for learning more about music theory on the guitar. He’s good at that.

@mahgister

I’m going to disagree with your assertion that Beato knows better than you.  ;o)

Discerning good writing from bad writing has very little to do with knowledge of music theory or being a musician. You are very well read -- most likely better read than Beato. And you can clearly write.